More than a parent knows how to give good gifts to her children,
you know how to give good things to those who ask you;
and so we ask you.
You have already shown your love for us, and through your grace
have given us eternal comfort and good hope,
and so we ask you.
We are mortals, and we cannot abide in our pomp;
we are like the animals that perish,
and so we ask you.
Comfort our hearts,
O God; strengthen them
in every good work and word;
so when we have a harvest to reap,
we may know how to leave it for others.
you know how to give good things to those who ask you;
and so we ask you.
You have already shown your love for us, and through your grace
have given us eternal comfort and good hope,
and so we ask you.
We are mortals, and we cannot abide in our pomp;
we are like the animals that perish,
and so we ask you.
Comfort our hearts,
O God; strengthen them
in every good work and word;
so when we have a harvest to reap,
we may know how to leave it for others.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 96; 148; 49; 138
Lev. 23:1-22
2 Thess. 2:1-17
Matt. 7:1-12
Selected Verses
Ps. 49:20
Mortals cannot abide in their pomp;
they are like the animals that perish.
Lev. 23:22
When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap to the very edges of your field, or gather the gleanings of your harvest; you shall leave them for the poor and for the alien: I am the LORD your God.
2 Thess. 2:16-17
Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and through grace gave us eternal comfort and good hope, comfort your hearts and strengthen them in every good work and word.
Matt. 7:11
"…If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask him! …" [Jesus on the mountain, to his disciples and the crowds]
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